Joe Biden has already addressed crime in cities across the United States, Biden campaign president Cedric Richmond insisted Thursday.
In an interview on “Fox & Friends,” host Brian Kilmeade asked the Louisiana congressman why the alleged 2020 Democratic presidential candidate had not been involved in increasing crime in cities like New York, Chicago, and Atlanta.
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“Well, the Vice President has been involved in crime in our inland cities. If you look at his only criminal justice reform plan, or, better yet, his financial plan or his ‘Lift Every Voice’ plan for African-American community, “Richmond replied.
In the Lift Every Voice plan, Biden pledges “to seek evidence-based measures to eradicate persistent violent crimes” and hold criminals accountable.
It also pledges to tackle gun violence by creating an eight-year, $ 900 million initiative to “fund evidence-based interventions in 40 cities across the country: the 20 cities with the highest number of homicides and 20 cities with the higher number of homicides per capita. “
He says the proposal is estimated to save more than 12,000 lives over the course of the program.
In the former vice president’s Plan to strengthen the United States’ commitment to justice, Biden calls for a $ 300 million infusion into federal community policing grant programs and aims to spend more federal money on education, social services, and troubled areas , to address the root causes of crime. .
New York Police Department officers are in formation after arresting several protesters who were marching after the curfew on Fifth Avenue, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in New York. The protests continued after the death of George Floyd, who died after being held by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo / John Minchillo)
“But how about reacting to the news?” Kilmeade wondered. “And that is what we are seeing now.”
As more Democratic lawmakers pledge to redistribute police funds, major cities have seen an alarming rise in violent crime in recent weeks. The New York City Police Department reported this month that shooting increased 130 percent in the month of June; There were 181 murders in the first six months compared to 147 last year.
According to The New York Times, as of Sunday, there were 634 shootings in 2020, compared to 394 in the same period in 2019.
The Windy City has also seen a notable increase; It reached a grim milestone late last month when it saw 18 murders in one day, making May 31 the deadliest day in the city in 60 years.
Statistics released by CPD show that homicide rates in the past six months have seen an increase of about 34 percent from the same period last year, and shootings have also increased by 42 percent.
“Well if you’re talking about Seattle and any of those things, I think when he talks about peaceful protesters and anything that isn’t peaceful, that covers all those areas that you’re talking about,” said Richmond, referring to the former autonomous zone. ” Police Free “from Seattle. “And he talks about those people who are infiltrating peaceful marches with violence and destruction. They are not part of the solution. And so I think he has spoken to him.”
“Okay, I didn’t hear that,” Kilmeade replied.
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Richmond said Biden would answer questions “and that he will do all of those things as soon as it is safe to do so.”
“But he did it two weeks ago and will continue to do so in the campaign,” he concluded.
